"Nanotechnology cannot be defined in terms of dimensions alone. In fact, it represents a convergence of traditional disciplines of physics, chemistry and biology at a common research frontier." Busquin, 2000
Nanotechnology, the science and technology of precisely controlling the structure of matter at the molecular level, is widely viewed as the most significant technological frontier currently being explored. Materials and devices at the nanoscale (a nanometer is one billionth of one meter) hold vast promise for innovation in virtually every industry and public endeavor including health, electronics, transportation, the environment and national security, and has been heralded by many as "the next industrial revolution."
